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CONTENTS

OUR ORGANISATION, VALUES AND MISSION 1 DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES 2 LETTER FROM THE CHAIRS 3 LETTER FROM THE CEO 4 SNAPSHOTS FROM THE PAST YEAR 5 WHERE WE WORK 6 OUR PROGRAMS 7 OUR WORK IN AUSTRALIA 11 THANK YOU 12 OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS 13 OUR TEAM 14 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 15

2 ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18 OUR ORGANISATION, VALUES AND MISSION

School for Life Foundation’s vision is to educate poverty We are for: out of existence. 1. People in developing communities committed to improving their lives and leaving poverty behind. Our Mission is to partner with, and empower, emerging We support, champion, advocate for and upskill these communities around the globe to educate as many children people to achieve sustainable self-determination as possible and achieve lasting self-determination, through through education. sustainable and scalable capacity and infrastructure 2. Supporters and donors who believe in the power development. of education to transform lives. Our donors and sponsors make our work, and all of the positive changes EDUCATION IS JUST THE BEGINNING. in the lives of so many, possible. We celebrate the difference they are making through our foundation. At School for Life (SFL), we are dedicated to eradicating 3. Our hardworking, passionate team, who are poverty through the power of education. motivated by providing a hand up, not a hand out. We inspire and are inspired by our team. We are a Every single child who has the chance to go to school will collaborative, listening and connecting environment have the opportunity to change the course of their lives and where we are all driven by the same mission and the future of their communities. A community with education purpose - to eradicate poverty and change lives at its heart can become a force for social change. through education. 4. Current and potential partners who will help us grow With a purpose-built school, qualified teachers and healthy, and scale our work to impact as many communities nurtured children, we know that anything is possible. as possible around the world. We will continuously demonstrate impact across our three strategic pillars We are School for Life - educating to end poverty and - Quality Education, Community Uplift and Investment - transform lives. and undertake thought and sector leadership programs to reach, inspire and engage new partners.

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CHILDREN FIRST The welfare of the children we work with and educate comes first in all we do.

ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY We meet and where possible, exceed all compliance and accountability requirements in both Australia and Uganda.

COMMUNITY LED We partner with and work alongside communities to develop the future they want and to actively engage them in both decision-making and program delivery.

PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT We train and develop our staff and volunteers and seek to create satisfying career paths for them.

SUSTAINABILITY We seek to maximise economic and educational sustainability and plan over time to hand back as much authority and accountability as we can to local leaders. EVALUATION BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND We measure and evaluate what we do. VOCATIONAL TRAINING

We work with communities to enhance economic QUALITY opportunities with a special focus on developing The education programs we provide are of the the business and vocational skills of women. highest quality.

2 ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18 LETTER FROM THE CHAIRS

It is with great pleasure that we present this Annual Report to you, an opportunity to celebrate the huge progress School for Life has made in 2017/18 thanks to your loyal support. It has been an extremely satisfying year for all members of the Board of School for Life Foundation. The construction of our third school, opening of our High School and graduation of our first cohort of Primary School students have certainly been the highlights.

We wish to acknowledge the extraordinary leadership of the CEO, Annabelle Chauncy OAM whose energy and expertise have been integral to the growth of the organisation in 2017/18. Our thanks also to the wonderful team in Uganda led by Angela Mwebaze, Janepher Kintu and Fred Njuguna who have successfully managed the development of the schools, development of schools, daily operations, farming, health clinics and vocational programs.

As our Ugandan operations continue to grow, the support we receive from our Australian community also continues to grow. We have increased our fundraising revenues and Thank you to the Board of Directors, whose commitment to we are especially grateful for this support. This year’s Black School for Life’s strategy, risk management and governance Tie Gala Dinner was our most financially successful, raising ensure that we continue to grow as an organisation. We $460,000. It was moving to have Georgie Gardner host, would like to acknowledge the dedication and service having been to our schools with her daughter Bronte, and of Mr Will Britten who this year retired from many years have our dear Director of Schools, Janepher Kintu, attend of service on the Board. This year, we were pleased to as a special guest. welcome Mr Stephen Burcher, Mr Artur Kaluza and Mr Michael Muehlheim. Our strategic direction for the future continues to be refined throughout a series of Board meetings. To sustain our The projects that School for Life implements in Uganda schools and provide an educational model for expansion have a transformative impact on the local communities and in other similarly disadvantaged communities we have we are excited to be a part of the ongoing growth and developed a plan that allows for consultation, collaboration development of the organisation. and innovation within these communities. Special thanks to Artur Kaluza and Romy Katz who spent time on ground Please take the time to visit our website, view the videos refining our three pillars of sustainability: quality education, and pictures of this year’s progress and read more about community uplift and investment. the journey ahead.

To implement our ambitious plans, we rely on the generosity Thank you sincerely for your support of many. We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all the volunteers who dedicate their time and energy to assist School for Life to increase its impact both in Australia and Uganda. Dr Linda O’Brien AM and Mr Ben Colman

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LETTER FROM THE CEO

This year has been nothing short of incredible, thanks to the hard work and dedication of our loyal team and supporters. Thanks to you we’ve seen some massive results.

Our ‘Pioneer’ Katuuso Primary School students completed their Primary 7 National Exams in November 2017 with a 100% pass rate. This was an enormous achievement and testament to the hard work of our teachers, students and support staff. Our High School opened with a new teaching staff and students began Senior 1 in January 2018, a new and exciting challenge for us to navigate. We purchased a school bus to transport our students between campuses every day. We also built our third school, Mbazzi Primary School, a beautiful new facility to complete our three school educational model.

I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the Board of Directors for their commitment to the governance of the Foundation. We also formed a Fundraising Committee who have been pivotal to this year’s increased fundraising success. Thank you for your tireless commitment to School for Life. Thank you to each and every one of our donors, for your Thank you to Romy Katz and Artur Kaluza who, together generosity, and for believing in School for Life’s vision. with their 4 year old son Noam, spent 2 months with us in None of our work is possible without your support. Uganda conducting an operations review and developing a sustainability strategy. The contribution of these 2 amazing As we look ahead to 2019, we will be increasing enrolment professionals is nothing short of incredible and we are to 1000 students. With your support, we will complete forever grateful for their support. We are excited that Artur construction of another 38 teacher houses to attract and has joined our Board of Directors and continue to drive retain well-trained teachers, construct more water tanks forward the sustainability strategy. and strengthen our agriculture programs to feed our students and generate income for the schools. We turn Thank you to our ambassador Georgie Gardner for her our focus to community uplift and investment strategies to continued commitment to raising School for Life’s profile in ensure School for Life can scale and impact the lives of the Australian media. David Campbell and Georgie Gardner more people over time. did a superb job of MC’ing our biggest and best Black Tie Ball to date. With your support, School for Life can continue to grow and thrive, impacting thousands of lives into the future. To our loyal and hardworking team across Australia and Thank you. Uganda, you are the backbone of our work and enable lives to be improved significantly for the better every single day. Thank you, for your selfless and unwavering commitment to helping those less fortunate. Annabelle Chauncy OAM

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SNAPSHOTS FROM THE PAST YEAR

BUILT GRADUATED our third school, Mbazzi Primary School our first cohort of Primary 7 students in where students started in 2018. the national exams with 100% pass rate.

PURCHASED SET UP our first school bus to transport 3 science labs for students between schools. secondary school students.

BUILT CONSTRUCTED a professional soccer pitch for sport 2 biogas latrine systems from which the at our secondary school. gas generated from the waste will be used for cooking.

BUILT BUILT 25 teacher houses at Mbazzi 1 borehole, 2 250,000L water tanks and Secondary School. 1 500,000L water tank to provide clean drinking water to over 3000 people.

EMPLOYED BLACK TIE FUNDRAISING 120 Ugandans. raised over $460,000.

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Mbazzi Katuuso

THE MPIGI DISTRICT WHERE WE DEVELOPMENT CENSUS WORK (2014) STATED: • 59% of the population is aged under 19 • 60% of households are dependent on subsistence farming. Uganda • 12% of households survived on less than 2 meals a day. Uganda is a landlocked country smaller than the Australian state of Victoria. It is bordered by South Sudan, Kenya, • Less than 25% of households have Tanzania, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. access to electricity. The average adult’s daily wage is AU$1.25, although money • Unemployment rate is 66.9% the majority goes a lot further in Uganda - it costs just 30 cents to feed a child three meals a day. The rate of the Ugandan shilling of whom are women and youth. to the Australian dollar is roughly 2600:1 – and inflation sits around 7%. helping to grow the food that gives them their one daily The staple meal for Ugandans is cassava and beans, meal. although matooke, a green variety of banana steamed in its leaves, is also a favourite delicacy. English is the national language and the language in which business is conducted and curriculum delivered, although Uganda’s population is estimated at nearly 42 million, with Luganda, the local language is widely spoken. one of the world’s youngest median ages - around 49% of the population is under the age of 14. Life expectancy is SFL owns 42.5 acres of land across two campuses, just 56 years. Uganda has the fifth highest fertility rate in the Katuuso and Bujuuko, in the Mpigi District. The land is world, with on average six children born per woman before located approximately 40 kilometres west of the capital, they are 25. As such, SFL chose to focus on the provision Kampala. The area is identified by the Ministry of Education of high quality education in rural Uganda where many as one of the neediest in Uganda. The current education children and adults have little or no access to education. facilities in the area are dire. The school buildings are substandard, the costs of education materials and uniforms Almost 80% of the Ugandan population is illiterate. Only are a barrier for many, the lack of water and nutrition make three in 10 children finish primary school. Child labour is learning difficult and the outdated teaching tools lead to endemic, with children most often working in agriculture, an uninspiring environment.

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Education

School for Life has grown immensely since its pilot program “Before we would have issues when parents Katuuso Primary School opened in January 2011 with 80 would take children on their market day…they students and 5 teachers. We are now providing education would take their children to sell with them in the to 680 students from ECD to Senior 1, employing 46 market, or they leave our students at home to take teachers, maintaining a student to teacher ratio of 20:1, care of their little siblings. That was way back. providing 3 nutritious meals a day and promoting inclusive Now, they don’t. education through our Special Needs Education program. All parents are excited that their children are Our 40 pioneer Primary 7 students who started at School going to secondary school, which was not the for Life in Year 1 in 2011 completed their National Exams case before... Before we came in you’d find a in November this year and we are proud to announce child married at the age of 15. But we now even that 100% of them passed! We were pleased to see have 15-year olds in Primary 7 and the parents 15% achieve Band 1, and 75% Band 2. Members of the are very excited, they want their children to make community paraded the children around on their shoulders, it up to university. That’s amazing!” stating that the village hadn’t achieved a Band 1 in the Janepher, Director of Schools past 20 years. This is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our teachers and students.

In January 2018, we opened our High School with our For all students, learning goes a step further and extends first cohort of 80 Senior 1 students. We welcomed 9 outside the school grounds. Every class has an opportunity new specialised high school teachers to deliver the 16 to go on excursions once a year. This year, Primary 6 and 7 core subjects in the curriculum. Our first 40 graduates students had the opportunity to go on excursions to Jinja, from Katuuso Primary School attend Mbazzi High School the source of the Nile River, a Sugar Factory and Queen everyday on a school bus thanks to the generosity of AA Elizabeth National Park. For many it was their first time away Group of Companies who very kindly donated a Rosa for us from the village and they were able to see things which to transport our students. Students participate in a broad they learn about at school. These activities encourage range of subjects such as Chemistry, Biology, Physics, community participation and parental engagement and Entrepreneurship and Agriculture. support with their children’s learning.

We also successfully built our third school, Mbazzi Primary School which includes biogas latrines, 9 classrooms, a staffroom, outdoor kitchen with combination stoves, library and storerooms. Mbazzi Primary School is currently educating 200 students from Early Childhood Development to Primary 4 and at capacity will educate 450.

Active learning is at the forefront of the teaching methods at Katuuso and Mbazzi Primary Schools, providing the students with hands on learning and taking the students out of the classroom where possible. Some of our extra curricular activities include music, dance, drama, sports days, Go Green Day and Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) events.

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Provision of Clean Drinking Water

The provision of clean drinking water to our communities for free is core to School for Life. This financial year, we drilled a borehole at Mbazzi Riverside Primary School and thanks to various grants and partnerships, constructed 3 water tanks which provide over 1m litres of clean rainwater. Child Protection Before this, children would walk about 1.5 kilometres to fetch fresh water. Gravity fed purifiers have been placed Over the past year School for Life has further developed its in classrooms and kitchens throughout our schools to Child Protection Committee, established after an outreach encourage our students to drink higher quantities of water program from partner organisation Raising Voices within throughout the day. the community. The Committee includes two teachers, our Head Teacher, our School Director, the Vice Chairperson, Professional Development for Our parents and community members from neighbouring villages. The Committee’s sole objective is to protect Teachers our children against violence, doing this through training sessions discussing child rights, domestic violence and School for Life is focused on in-service training for violence against women. our teachers, strengthening their skills and promoting professional development, self-reflection and self-evaluation. School for Life’s ‘gender sensitisation’ outreach and We are constantly looking to provide our teachers with advocacy on the importance of education with the local opportunities for growth and professional development. We community correlates between qualitative data of high are lucky to have a partnership with GEMS and Ambrosoli female student enrolment and retention. in Uganda where teachers can participate in exchange programs for further studies and workshops. School for Life provides a counsellor on both sites to work with students, teachers and the community around child Teachers’ professional development is integral to their success protection issues. and our delivery of the highest quality education. School for Life offers its teachers training sessions on computer literacy and an Educational Specialist to provide support in their ongoing development. We have built 20 new teacher houses School for Life maintains a 50% or above to enable us to attract and retain the highest quality teachers. enrolment rate of females at its schools when compared to broader national trends, which This year we conducted a number of in-house workshops show higher rates of females aged 6-12 who throughout the holidays to support team building and teach our teachers modern pedagogies. Each year, we offer a have never been to school (20.5%) and lower number of teachers the opportunity to go to Kampala rates of female children attending school, and universities and teaching colleges to undertake further a gender gap of 9.8% lower literacy rates for study. Teachers Annet, Robert, Joseph, Rachael and Jerome females. There are also high Cohort Survival had the privilege this year thanks to the continued support Rates for Primary 7 female (above 90.5%) at of a very generous donor. Katuuso Primary School.

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Meet Florence, a Senior 1 student at Mbazzi High School

After continual abuse at the hands of an alcoholic husband, Florence’s mother left the family five years ago. Florence was left to fend for herself and take on the responsibility of looking after her two sisters and two brothers. Despite her home life, Florence has flourished in school and is now in Senior 1 at our newest school, Mbazzi Riverside High School. Education will provide Florence with the knowledge and skills to chase her dream of becoming a doctor.

Health Care Vocational Training

School for Life now has health clinics at each campus with Based on School for Life’s development philosophy to full time nurses servicing the students and community. The provide a hand up not a hand out, we work with in-country health program has increased accessibility to free medical partners to engage in projects that educate the local care for the children. community and provide people with the tools to break themselves free of the cycle of poverty. School for Life’s Malaria treatment is a high proportion of all treatment of vocational training programs include a women’s tailoring, disease and injuries (36.4%) and the provision of malaria agricultural and animal husbandry, and adult english and medication that could not otherwise be afforded by many financial literacy classes. We have taught all 46 teachers parents is of obvious benefit to students. Preventing computer literacy skills. water-borne diseases is essential to minimise student absenteeism from class time. Increased periods of high ‘KUMI’ is School for Life’s tailoring initiative which employs rainfall spike malaria outbreaks throughout the year and our 10 women who make goods which are sold in Australia and nurses aim to minimise these risks and identify early trends. Uganda and they make the children’s school uniforms. The vocational education has provided training for twenty-five women over the five years since its inception. The women’s participation in the program has not only provided them with financial independence but they have become community leaders.

When interviewed, a tailor stated: “With my savings I have started building rental rooms on my mother’s land to help supplement my income. As a single Mum, I have to take my 4 children to school. Before this project I was shunned by people in the community but now I am respected. I am even invited for village meetings and I can give my opinion I credit my new standing to this project.’

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Evaluation Sustainability School for Life is committed to providing quality education through continuous evaluation of the effectiveness of its Sustainability for School for Life means facilitating long- programs. The team in Uganda conduct regular reviews term opportunities for the community and students through to demonstrate achievements and areas for improvement. quality education and empowerment whilst ensuring minimal In 2016, SEQTA kindly donated an effective resource to impact on the environment. School for Life is committed monitor and track the data of the students, health care to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals programs and vocational training programs. Data is collated 2016-2030. In each of our schools, School for Life has through surveys, interviews, focus groups, and observation. established clean water sources through boreholes and Qualitative data has shown School for Life is functioning water tanks, solar electricity systems at Katuuso, biogas not only as schools, but as hubs in which the values and digesters and combination stoves which turn methane into culture are different from the surrounding villages – in terms gas for cooking, composting toilets and we grow our own of the value placed on education, greater equality in the way crops to feed staff and students. females are treated, positive reinforcement and discipline rather than corporal punishment. The community outreach School for Life seeks to have a minimum of 50% of operating programs including the vocational training, child protection costs at Katuuso and Mbazzi generated through the sale of committee and health services provided through School for crops, investment opportunities and sustainability initiatives Life are shifting cultural perceptions. This year we engaged by 2028. Strategic Grants to provide us with a review of our data.

Environmental sustainability is incorporated into the We are also pleased that Jessica Ledieu will join our team student’s curriculum with ‘Go Green Day’, where students for 6 months in Uganda from July to conduct a monitoring and parents can come to the school to learn about the and evaluation review, as well as further develop our environment and plant trees on the school property. It is a community uplift strategy. wonderful day for the community as parents and students work together, learning and having fun. This year we added an apiary with 20 bee hives onto our Mbazzi High School site. The project is used to yield honey for sale, teach our High School students’ entrepreneurship and apiculture, as well as educate the wider community about beekeeping at Exhibition days. It has been received with great interest and is beginning to generate returns.

10 ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18 OUR WORK IN AUSTRALIA

We would like to continue to acknowledge and thank our incredible partners Cotton On Foundation and the Nadia and Alf Foundation for their incredible support. They have continued to enable us to grow from strength to strength and achieve even more in Uganda.

Thank you to Stephen and Melissa Burcher for opening up their home for a donor thank you event at Christmas and We were so grateful to hundreds of generous Australians for then further, inviting a number of key individuals on to the donating a container worth of play equipment, generators, their super yacht, Quantum to showcase School for Life. We books, sports equipment, uniforms, stationery, construction are very humbled by their generosity and it was wonderful materials and educational resources including science lab to be able to thank our donors for their continued support. materials to our donation drive! The container arrived and filled 2 whole libraries with books as well as stocking our School for Life’s annual Black Tie Fundraising Ball was held schools with supplies for the year. in May at The Star, hosted by Georgie Gardner and David Campbell. It was an incredible evening with an overwhelming Looking ahead to FY19, we are excited to host our first amount of support raising over $440,000. We were lucky ever Travel4Good parent child trip in July, an opportunity to have Director of Schools, Janepher Kintu, at the event to for parents to bring their children on a philanthropic and present to present a tear-jerking Q&A with Georgie Gardner. immersive journey to our schools. This initiative has already Huge thanks also to Mahalia Barnes and Prinnie Stevens raised closed to $50,000 and we can’t wait for the students who donated their time to perform for us throughout the to meet one another! We will climb Mount Kilimanjaro again evening, as well as acknowledgement of performances by in September and welcome some exciting new domestic Sarah Rowan Dahl and APE Superband. Thanks to Vanilla challenges, including a Bridge Climb and Kosciusko Climb Bean Events for their wonderful event management services for Kids. We will continue to focus on growing our regular and all our volunteers for donating their time. More than 95 giving supporter base to help us continue to maintain our children were sponsored on the evening which further helps operations and sustain the running costs of the schools into to drive sustainable revenue streams. the future. Sponsoring a child is the greatest gift you can give another human. You can visit our website to sign up to A car raffle was held in the lead up to and during the evening change a life today: schoolforlife.org.au and over $75,000 was raised. A big thanks to James and Anita MacKenzie for generously donating the car to the event. Thank you to our live auction donors and James Chauncy who graciously hosted our auction on the evening.

We were pleased to host Janepher for a few weeks in May and June, enabling her to speak at a number of Clubs and events, sharing her story of resilience and determination. Thank you also to Toko Surry Hills for hosting an influential women’s lunch and Macquarie Bank for hosting our child sponsors at a luncheon so they could meet Janepher.

Annabelle Chauncy OAM, proudly represented by Saxton’s speaking agency, spoke at numerous events to raise funds throughout the year. This continues to generate support and awareness for SFL.

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THANK YOU

Ambassadors Our Partners Foundations • Georgie Gardner • APN Outdoor • Borambil Philanthropic Trust • Audi Centre Mosman • Cooper Foundation In Kind Supporters • Autore Pearls • Ha-Ke-Na Foundation • Jeffries Printing • Bathe • JECCEM Foundation • Easy Signs • Black Magic Design • Macquarie Bank Foundation • Brightworks • Nadia and Alf Taylor Foundation • Carroll & O’Dea • One Water Foundation Special Thanks to • Cotton On Foundation • Pickles Foundation • Alex Andre de la Porte • Custom Accounting • Pink Umbrella Foundation • Alyce Tran • Firefly Neutral Bay • Pratt Foundation • Andrew and Ashlee Bouzinelos • INS Career Management • Reef Shark Foundation • Angela Rowell • INS Career Management • Turnbull Foundation • Anthony and Jacqueline Kerwick • SEQTA • Uechtritz Foundation • Art Kaluza and Romy Katz • Soneva Resorts • Vaux Family Foundation • Bob and Rowena Morris • The Generations Foundation • Weily Tribe Foundation • Brenton Wreith • Toko Surry Hills • Chris and Sue Hadley • URM • Chris Morris and Sharon Sills Fundraising Committee • David Friedlander • Jacki McGeechan • Donnelley Constructions • Max Stead • Erik de Haart • Melissa Burcher • Generators Australia • Natalie Ioannidis • Harry Horwitz Rourke • Nicole Mann • Ian and Larissa Malouf • James and Anita Mackenzie “HAVING SUPPORTED NUMEROUS CHARITIES AROUND • Kaebel Leisure • Max and Gary Stead THE WORLD, WE THOUGHT WE HAD EXPERIENCED WHAT • Melissa and Steve Burcher MAKING A DIFFERENCE MEANT AND THAT FUNDING • Michael and Deanna Coorey PROJECTS WAS A ONE WAY STREET IN TERMS OF WHO • Michael Muehlheim GAINS FROM THE DONATION. SINCE BEING FORTUNATE • Nadia and John Keogh ENOUGH TO FIND AND WORK WITH SCHOOL FOR LIFE, • Pam and Ken Turner OUR ENTIRE VIEW ON PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING AS • Pam and Ken Turner • Patricia Healy WELL AS THE POSITIVE RETURNS IT CAN HAVE TOWARDS • Peter and Pip Chauncy OUR COMPANY HAS CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY!” • Robin Ley NADIA AND ALF TAYLOR FOUNDATION • Rotary Club of Crows Nest • Rotary Crows Nest • Rotary Ku-Ring-Gai • Steve and Julie Murphy • Sue and Cheryl Medwell Williams • Sue Johnson • Vicki Potts

12 ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18 OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

LINDA O’BRIEN AM (CO-CHAIR) Linda has been Principal of Granville Boys High School since 2008. She is passionate about the value of education for young people, and believes passionately in using music and dance programs to build social cohesion in schools. Linda is also Founder of the Molly McDonnell Foundation and Founder of the Bali International School. Linda joined the board in 2014.

BEN COLMAN (CO-CHAIR) Ben has worked as both marketer and agency across such a diverse range of sectors that he has acquired instinctive strategic skills and a unique blend of commercial and creative abilities. He has strong FMCG and Finance experience and a passion for forging enduring client relationships and exceptional account service. Ben is currently the Chief Marketing Officer at Exetel. Ben joined the board in March 2016.

VICKI POTTS (NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & TREASURER) Vicki Potts is the Director & Principal of Clear CFO, providing CFO support and advice on a consultancy basis. Experience across Tech, Media, Telco, Travel, Healthcare and Online B2C sectors, in companies ranging from early start-ups with VC or PE backing through to ASX listed top 300. Vicki joined the board in April 2016.

SANDY HALPIN (NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) Sandy is the founder and Managing Director of Capital Idea Consulting company, an advisory firm that specializes in growth and commercialization strategies for high potential SMEs and startups. Sandy’s expertise in business strategy, capital raising, investment and portfolio management is drawn from over two decades in senior finance and strategy roles across a broad range of industries and sectors. Sandy joined the board in February 2017.

VANJA BULUT (NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & COMPANY SECRETARY) Vanja is a Barrister at 12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers. Previously, Vanja worked at Seyfarth Shaw and Clayton Utz where she specialised in employment law. Vanja holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy and International Relations) from University of New South Wales. Vanja joined the board in April 2016.

ARTUR KALUZA (NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) Artur is the Head of Operations of the Financial Management Group at Macquarie Group. He has over seventeen years of experience with broad cross industry and functional exposure including automobile industry, mining, IT, telecommunications, management consulting and financial services both internationally and in Australia. Artur’s expertise is in strategy, business transformation and project management. He is a big picture thinker and problem solver with recognised analytical and critical thinking skills. He spent 2 months at School for Life in July 2017 conducting an organisation review and designing our sustainability strategy, then returned to Australia in September and joined the Board of Directors. Art is passionate about creating a sustainable SFL organization that will provide the advantage of education for many generations to come.

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STEPHEN BURCHER (NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) Stephen is the Managing Director of Burcher Property Group, a long established boutique real estate investor. Steve brings a wealth of business experience and acumen, and has a specific interest in sustainability and fundraising. He and his wife Melissa became involved with School for Life when they donated a prize for the Black Tie Ball and then climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2017. They believe in School for Life’s tangible and measured approach, as well as ability to get funds directly to the ground with little overheads.

MICHAEL MUEHLHEIM (NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR) Michael’s core belief is that every person in the world has an equal right to education; it is this mission that ultimately led Michael to becoming a board member of School for Life Foundation. Michael is a Senior Wealth Adviser with Macquarie Wealth Management and holds CFP accreditation and a Bachelor of Business in Economics and Finance (RMIT). Michael provides strategic advice and private wealth investment services to a concentrated group of entrepreneurs and their families. Michael is also an advisory council and a board member of Heads Over Heels. Michael joined the board in September 2017.

OUR TEAM

We are so grateful to our amazing Ugandan team of over 120 staff, managed by Angela Mwebaze, Janepher Kintu, Fred Njuguna, Robert Kasio, Joseph Kaabunga, and Pamela Namwebya in the Ugandan office and Jess Mester, Jo Wacher, Kath Walker, Karen Vertley and Jessica Ledieu employed in the Sydney office. Their ongoing passion and commitment to School for Life’s endeavours makes for an efficient and effective team driving change across continents. We have a community of over 40 volunteers who assist us with events, markets, administration and research. Their work is invaluable to School for Life and has greatly increased the reach and depth of our operations. This year School for Life had over 500 hours of work completed by volunteers.

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School For Life Foundation Australia Limited Statement of Comprehensive Income for the year ended 30 June 2018 Summary. Summary

There are two highlights from the Foundation’s Income Statement for the Financial Year ended 30th June 2018 – Fundraising Receipts and Funds Transferred to Uganda.

Financial Year 2018 maintained the growth of 2017 for Fundraising. School for Life Foundation recorded Fundraising Receipts exceeding $2.29 million for the full year, an increase of $48,772 (or 2%) from the prior year’s $2,24 million in Fundraising Receipts. Sponsorships and General Donations were $1,027,068, an increase of 10% on previous year. Project Donations and Grants were $514,338. Specific Giving Programs contributed nearly $25,000 while Events and Raffles contributed $726,239.

The Direct Costs of Fundraising (Event, Fundraising & Sponsorship expenses) this financial year was a total of $246,348, delivering a Gross Surplus of $2,046,115 to meet the costs of the Australian Operations and for Operations Support and mission delivery in Uganda.

Funds Transferred to United Future Foundation Uganda was $1,219,036 for the financial year, a decrease of 15% from the prior year’s $1,437,684 transferred.

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29 ANNUAL REPORT 2017/18 MEET FLAVIA

Flavia, the school cook at Katuuso Primary School, has been employed with School for Life since 2011. Prior to working at the school, like a number of the local employees, she was a subsistence farmer. With savings from her work with SFL, Flavia has opened her own business: a barber shop. She has also passed on her cooking skills to her son, Frank who is also employed at the school. She has managed to construct herself a brand new house with the savings she has made.

Taking home a wage is not the only benefit of working for School for Life, however.

There is also the constant exposure to English, and to literacy. Each month, the construction staff, cooks and tailors - and any SFL staff who are illiterate - are read to by a teacher, as part of the school’s Drop Everything and Read Days. Both Flavia and her husband began attending the adult literacy classes in 2016. Her English and reading have improved immensely, as well as her confidence.

She is considered a respected role model and voice within the community and she describes her role as ‘the most important job in the world’.

School for Life currently employs 10 local staff to work in its three kitchens. Over the school year, School for Life provided 328,500 meals for all students and staff. This includes production of more than 1040kg of ground nuts, 2600kg of beans, 3000kg of posho and 6000kg of rice.

An estimated 90.5% of students enrolled in Primary 1, completed Primary 7 in 2017. The number enrolling later than they should decreased 36% between original 2011 cohort and 2017 Primary 1 cohort.

The Cohort Survival Rate to P7 for School for Life Katuuso is 35%, slightly higher than the national average of 33% .The Cohort Survival Rate to P7 for female pupils is above 48%, and for male pupils is above 19% (these rates are estimated low, as all students who left the school did so to move away with their guardian, the majority to Kampala, and while it is expected that a number of these children continued their schooling at other schools, schooling outcomes are unknown).

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Qualitative evidence shows: parents are committed to secondary school; a decrease in children missing school for market days/sibling care work.

Attendance records from Term 2 of 2017 show high attendance with only around 267 absences per month – approximately 1.5 days missed per student per term.

Cohort survival of children throughout their primary schooling (without having to repeat grades) is higher than at Government schools, particularly for female children.

Regular teacher workshops increased: • Utilisation of active learning techniques • Understanding of diverse learning styles • Creation of teaching resources from local materials • Individual tailored learning plans developed and implemented.

120 locals were employed in 2017. That equates to roughly 2% of the adult population of the local Kirumbiru village, a significant proportion in an area where 65% of the population are subsistence farmers. Qualitative data shows additional benefits including increased opportunities for further development and education; social status for women; financial literacy.

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300+ students were provided with free malaria treatment in 2017 (costs 1 to 4 times guardians’ monthly wage). Qualitative evidence also showed visibly increased well- being due to our feeding program (3 meals daily).

Our teacher retention is currently at 95%. All teachers are accommodated on-site at each school, provided with daily meals, regular professional development workshops, opportunities for teacher exchanges and scholarships.

Our schools act as hubs within which a culture with different values and actions to that of wider Katuuso community is maintained and flourishing. Within the school community comprising teachers, SFL staff and students, education is held in high regard, and females are “as important as the men” (Interview, Janepher Kintu, Director of Studies). Children are treated with respect, positive reinforcement and positive discipline, and are in a place of safety away from beatings and other forms of violence.

32 33 School for Life Foundation is a registered charity and a member of the Australian Council for International Development and adheres to ACFID’s Code of Conduct. Donations to School for Life Foundation Australia Limited are tax deductible through our partnership with Rotary Australia World Community Service and its Overseas Aid Fund.

Any feedback or complaints about SFL can be directed to: [email protected] or (02) 9299 2624. Any complaints in regards to a breach of the ACFID Code of Conduct can be directed to ACFID’s Code of Conduct Committee at [email protected].

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